IdeaPad S series: Difference between revisions

}}The first [[notebook]] in [[Lenovo]]'s '''IdeaPad S Series''' was launched in October 2008.<ref name="Notebook Review - IdeaPad S10 Review">{{cite web|title=Lenovo IdeaPad S10 Review|url=http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4620|accessdate=8 September 2011|author=Jerry Jackson|date=1 October 2008}}</ref> Initially, the IdeaPad S10 was scheduled for launch in September but was delayed.<ref name="EEEPC - IdeaPad S10 Release Delayed">{{cite web|title=IdeaPad S10 Release Delayed |url=http://eeepc.net/lenovo-ideapad-s10-release-delayed-2/ |accessdate=8 September 2011 |date=11 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915023218/http://eeepc.net/lenovo-ideapad-s10-release-delayed-2/ |archivedate=15 September 2008 }}</ref> Ultimately, it was released in September in China, but in October in the United States. <ref name="Lifeatmost - Lenovo IdeaPad S10 Price and Release Date">{{cite web|title=LENOVO IDEAPAD S10 PRICE AND RELEASE DATE|url=http://www.lifeatmost.com/netbook/lenovo-ideapad-s10-price-and-release-date/|accessdate=8 September 2011|date=19 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315103120/http://www.lifeatmost.com/netbook/lenovo-ideapad-s10-price-and-release-date/|archive-date=15 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The S series line beginsbegan with the IdeaPad S10, the lowest cost model, whichpowered isby an [[Intel Atom]] poweredin a 10.2-inch subnotebook. Further down the line, higher cost S-series laptops had Atom CPUs. Once the Atom CPU line was discontinued, the main line of lightweight S series laptops switched to the low-power AMD A-series, Intel Celeron, Pentium and low-cost versions of Y-series CPUs.

The Lenovo IdeaPad S215 iswas priced at $379.99, and powered by a quad-core AMD A4 processor,. itsIt was 11.6-inches, hasin format with a 1366×768 display, and a full keyboard and touchpad for input, and two mousepads. It containscontained two USB 2.0 ports, a USB 3.0 port, a headphone/microphone jack, a 2-in-1 card reader, and the power port, HDMI video output, and a LAN port, 720p webcam and microphone array embedded in the display's upper bezel, and Wi-Fi b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0 networking circuitry.

It containscontained 500 GB, 5,400 RPM traditional hard drive and 8&nbsp;GB of solid-state storage. Other features include “Window 8.1, Lenovo Photos, Cyberlink PowerDirector, Cyberlink PhotoDirector, trial versions of Microsoft Office 365 and McAfee LiveSafe, and Lenovo's VeriFace face recognition software. Lenovo coverscovered the S215 with a one-year warranty.”<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2472350,00.asp|title=Lenovo IdeaPad S215|last=Delaney|first=John|date=2014-11-19|newspaper=PC Magazine|access-date=2015-03-12}}</ref>